The Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) of the Isle of Man, a British sovereign state in the Irish Sea, has awarded its first blockchain-based sports betting license. The landmark license was awarded to RoBET, a gambling tech start-up founded by Italian entrepreneur Edoardo Narduzzi who also founded AI trading service SelfieWealth and the Ethereum-based sports betting platform Bookiedom. RoBET is also…
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Furniture Store Owner Places Record $3.5million Sports Bet
Mention the name Jim McIngvale to most people living outside the U.S.A, and they will have no clue whatsoever who he is, however people living in America will probably know him as “Mattress Mack” who is the flamboyant owner of the Gallery Furniture retail chain. However, whilst the ongoing promotional offers for his retails stores are popular with customers and…
Read MoreUK Bookmakers Facing a Bad Year
The FA Cup final yesterday went the way of the favourite, with Manchester City coming out on top, and with plenty of punters backing City to win, all UK bookies lost a fortune on that match. However, when you also factor in the result of the Grand National, which also went the way of the favourite and with the reduction…
Read MoreBookies Laying Plenty of FA Cup Bets
This Saturday afternoon sports fans around the world are going to be watching the FA Cup final, and there are of course different views of just which way that match will end. As such it is one of the major football betting events of the year. However, a quick look at the odds being offered on that match will tell…
Read MoreNew William Hill Sportsbook Opens at the Strat
It has been around a year in the making, but finally the brand-new sportsbook at the Stratosphere Casino Resort in Las Vegas has finally opened and having witnessed the crowds of people placing bets in it, the huge investment in that new betting area was certainly worth making. The new owner of the Stratosphere, that being Golden Entertainment, are currently…
Read More2019 Grand National Punters Searching for Each-Way Betting Value
It is over a month away, however, the Grand National is the most bet on horse race in the English racing calendar, and it is usually around this time most punters will be on the hunt for the best each-way betting value. When betting each-way, punters are required to place two bets in one, both of which have to be…
Read MoreAll UK Horse Race Meetings Cancelled
UK bookmakers and those involved in the horse racing industry have been left reeling with the decision taken today to cancel all UK race meetings until at least the 13th of February, due to an outbreak of equine flu. Several cases of the illness have been reported across the UK, and in what appears to be a very worrying turn…
Read MoreBookies Slash the Odds on Tammy Abraham as Top Goalscorer
One of the many betting markets that punters are always interested in placing bets on is, of course, the top goalscorer betting markets for each league, and being volatile betting markets punters are often able to bag some decent odds on the player they fancy to bag the most goals. One player that has been attracting plenty of support in…
Read MoreBig Bets Placed on Leeds to Win the Championship
It is at this time of the year when plenty of punters are able to work out with some certainty just which football teams have the ultimate chances of winning their respective leagues, and there is currently a lot of support for Leeds United to win the Championship this season. In fact, so great is the volume of cash being…
Read MoreHard Rock Casino AC Beta Tests Their Sports Betting Facilities
Having received approval from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement on Friday to launch their sports betting facilities, the Hard Rock Casino over in Atlantic City wasted no time in beta testing their online betting site. It was on Saturday that it went live, and early reports indicate that everything worked seamlessly and the company is looking forward to…
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